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Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor, Flora Hoodin, Michelle Byrd, Kristin A. Kullgren, Leah LaLonde, Lauren Benkoske, Patrick Smith, Dawn Carson, Karen MacDonald, Susumu Inoue, Brenda Kitchen, Kate Gowans, Gregory A. Yanik   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preconception care: what do reproductive-aged women know and think in a community? A community-based, cross-sectional study at Mizan Aman town, Ethiopia

BMJ Open
Objectives To assess factors associated with knowledge and attitudes towards preconception care among reproductive-aged women in Mizan Aman town, southwest, Ethiopia.Design and methods A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from 1 November
Nuredin Mohammed Guta, Aklilu Mamo Dachew   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Investigating the pathways from preconception care to preventing maternal, perinatal and child mortality: A scoping review and causal loop diagram

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2023
In recent years, there has been a growing recognition that developing preconception care provides an opportunity to significantly reduce maternal and child mortality and morbidity.
Sébastien Poix, Khalifa Elmusharaf
doaj   +1 more source

Exercise epigenetics and the foetal origins of disease [PDF]

, 2014
Exercise epigenetics is a nascent area of research with vast health implications (e.g., from the treatment of obesity-related diseases to beneficially decoupling epigenetic and chronological age).
Dale E, Thomas EW Chalk, William M Brown
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Predicting Chronicity in Children and Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Immune Thrombocytopenia at the Timepoint of Diagnosis Using Machine Learning‐Based Approaches

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To identify predictors of chronic ITP (cITP) and to develop a model based on several machine learning (ML) methods to estimate the individual risk of chronicity at the timepoint of diagnosis. Methods We analyzed a longitudinal cohort of 944 children enrolled in the Intercontinental Cooperative immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) Study ...
Severin Kasser, Alice Bizeul, Meera Chitlur, Hugo Donato, Jelena Roganovic, Julia E. Vogt, Thomas Kühne   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Behavior changes to promote preconception health: a systematic review

BMC Women's Health
Background Preconception care is expected to prevent diseases, promote health, and improve pregnancy outcomes. Although a consensus exists on the efficacy of folic acid supplementation and preconception vaccination, evidence regarding comprehensive ...
Maiko Suto, Kimiko Inaoka, Daichi Suzuki, Aya Nitamizu, Naoko Arata, Erika Ota   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patient Screenings for Preconception Health Interventions at a Community Pharmacy

Pharmacy, 2020
Preconception health refers to health before pregnancy and involves addressing risk factors that can negatively impact either a patient or future pregnancy.
Alex J Luli, Natalie Tran, Angela Ataya, Sally Rafie   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Embryos as Patients? Medical Provider Duties in the Age of CRISPR/Cas9 [PDF]

, 2017
The CRISPR/Cas9 genome engineering platform is the first method of gene editing that could potentially be used to treat genetic disorders in human embryos. No past therapies, genetic or otherwise, have been intended or used to treat disorders in existent
Powell, G. Edward, III
core   +1 more source

Preterm birth, an unresolved issue [PDF]

, 2013
Premature birth is the world's leading cause of neonatal mortality with worldwide estimates indicating 11.1% of all live births were preterm in 2010.
Belizan, Jose, Buekens, Pierre, Hofmeyr, Justus, Salaria, Natasha   +3 more
core   +1 more source

A Systematic Review of Evidence on the Clinical Effectiveness of Surveillance Imaging in Children With Medulloblastoma and Ependymoma

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Surveillance imaging aims to detect tumour relapse before symptoms develop, but it's unclear whether earlier detection of relapse leads to better outcomes in children and young people (CYP) with medulloblastoma and ependymoma. This systematic review aims to identify relevant literature to determine the efficacy of surveillance magnetic ...
Lucy Shepherd, Melissa Taylor, Helen Fulbright, Bob Phillips   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source